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just last week the pakistani prime minister publicly asked president obama to end all u.s. drone strikes. but scott, they clearly remain a very useful counterterror tool. >> pelley: margaret, thanks very much. jeffrey zients is the man overseeing the repair of the federal government's health insurance web site. he said today they are quote on track, end quote, to have it done by the end of the month. our sharyl attkisson broke the news yesterday that nationwide only six policies were purchased the entire first day that the site was on-line. sharyl is back with us tonight with more, sharyl? >> reporter: scott, the obama administration didn't dispute those enrollment numbers reported in government meeting notes. six the first day as you said, just six. 248 by the end of day two. white house spokesman jay carney said they haven't really-- released enrollment fillings because the numbers have to be checked and accurate and he downplayed expectations. >> let me just tell you now, november 1. we don't expect those numbers to be very high. and we never did. but they're going to be
just last week the pakistani prime minister publicly asked president obama to end all u.s. drone strikes. but scott, they clearly remain a very useful counterterror tool. >> pelley: margaret, thanks very much. jeffrey zients is the man overseeing the repair of the federal government's health insurance web site. he said today they are quote on track, end quote, to have it done by the end of the month. our sharyl attkisson broke the news yesterday that nationwide only six policies were...
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president obama says it would be an improvement over medicade. the program that many poor people depend on. >> it can be a game changer for a large population of patients who do not have insurance, or feel as though they cannot afford insurance. in some of alabama's poor areas, poor health, addiction and violence have been problems for decades - the same problems facing other poor neighbourhoods in america. erica knows what living without health care is like. she and her 4-year-old daughter live here. she's been homeless and lost a newborn living in the shelter. counselling. a lot of people need counselling. they can't get what they need unless they have insurance. >> outreach is key to lookout sheltering infant mortalitiy. >> community housing, community workers, any available avenues. >> as 2-week-old bailey hangs on to life. her mother believes the only reason she has a chance in the world is because of insurance. >> insurance is taking care of her. if we didn't have it, i don't know what we'd do. >> professionals watch the feet, fighting to g
president obama says it would be an improvement over medicade. the program that many poor people depend on. >> it can be a game changer for a large population of patients who do not have insurance, or feel as though they cannot afford insurance. in some of alabama's poor areas, poor health, addiction and violence have been problems for decades - the same problems facing other poor neighbourhoods in america. erica knows what living without health care is like. she and her 4-year-old...
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but compare that to the millions of americans without health insurance. >> lori segal is following this story. lori, a huge part of the problem is this website. what is being done to fix it? >> reporter: absolutely. we heard president obama essentially say we're going to bring in the tech, the best and the brightest folks. and now we know. they're saying silicon valley to the rescue, brought in engineers from oracle, google, red hatd, and one of the guy, michael dickerson, an engineer at google for seven year, a site reliability engineer nonetheless. what these folks are going to do is try to help with three things. reliability, stability, and scalability. so being able to fix these bugs that we keep seeing more and more of them. and, also, making it so you can add server capacity, so people can actually get on the website, you know, browse plan, and enroll. i mean, as you said, six people on that first day, that's an eye-opening number. >> what if this website, laurie, isn't up and running soon? what kind of impact could this wind up having? >> reporter: there could be a major impact.
but compare that to the millions of americans without health insurance. >> lori segal is following this story. lori, a huge part of the problem is this website. what is being done to fix it? >> reporter: absolutely. we heard president obama essentially say we're going to bring in the tech, the best and the brightest folks. and now we know. they're saying silicon valley to the rescue, brought in engineers from oracle, google, red hatd, and one of the guy, michael dickerson, an...
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people can sign up for insurance over the phone. >> president obama is putting support behind the marriage equality build in hawaii. they didn't prove a measure on wednesday. state house was supposed to vote friday. 4,000 turned out to testify, delaying the decision. if passed hawaii will be the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. >> still ahead - protesters taking to the streets of egypt angry about a comic pulled from the air. >> cyber bullying - more on the national campaign that hopes it reduce it. that's ahead. >>> in cairo protesters mamped in the streets -- marched in the streets hours after bassem yousseff was pulled off the air. he was called egypt's jon stewart. he was suspended before his show aircast. he was said to violate broadcast quality. the show will remain off the air until the dispute is settled. >> on the set bassem yousseff is talking to a vendor selling cakes and chocolate decorated with pictures of abdul fatah al-sisi. bassem yousseff asked if he has any of the interim president. bassem yousseff says he'll buy half a kilo. >> what, you don't like cc >> bassem
people can sign up for insurance over the phone. >> president obama is putting support behind the marriage equality build in hawaii. they didn't prove a measure on wednesday. state house was supposed to vote friday. 4,000 turned out to testify, delaying the decision. if passed hawaii will be the 15th state to legalize same-sex marriage. >> still ahead - protesters taking to the streets of egypt angry about a comic pulled from the air. >> cyber bullying - more on the national...
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>>> we now know that on the day the obama care launched, only six users successfully enrolled. >> but day two got better, 248. but that's barely a drop in the bucket compared to the millions of americans without health insurance. >> and we're laurie, part of the problem is the website. what's being done to fix this things thing? >> reporter: we're getting an identify of who the president has brought in to help. he's brought in google, reds hat, or cal, so some of these major silicon valley companies that he's expecting folks to come in and fix three things. essentially reliability, stability, and scale ability. and this man who works at google, he's a site reliability engineer. and what he's going to be doing is fix these bugs and do it in an efficient and quick way and get the site up and running. we know there are have been major issues with this. >> there are a lot of people wondering where were all of these people in the initial lauchblg of the website. so if this isn't up and running soap, what's the impact? >> you know there could be a huge impact. our own wolf blitzer actually
>>> we now know that on the day the obama care launched, only six users successfully enrolled. >> but day two got better, 248. but that's barely a drop in the bucket compared to the millions of americans without health insurance. >> and we're laurie, part of the problem is the website. what's being done to fix this things thing? >> reporter: we're getting an identify of who the president has brought in to help. he's brought in google, reds hat, or cal, so some of...
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. >>> ahead this half hour on "sg md" what's with to change in your insurance, and even if you're not signing up for a new obama care policy, what it could mean for you. >>> plus, what we'd like to call smart science. three tricks to help you run better. >>> but, first -- we've been investigating the impact that prescription drug overdoses in america for some time on this program. as
. >>> ahead this half hour on "sg md" what's with to change in your insurance, and even if you're not signing up for a new obama care policy, what it could mean for you. >>> plus, what we'd like to call smart science. three tricks to help you run better. >>> but, first -- we've been investigating the impact that prescription drug overdoses in america for some time on this program. as
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now the ceo of the first private insurance exchange is offering to help. we'll talk to him ahead. >>> a community calls for justice in northern california after a 13-year-old carrying a toy gun is shot and killed by a police deputy. was his race a factor there? we'll talk to a civil rights leader who's joining the call. >>> and later, hip-hop, humor and public health. it's today's "big idea." >>> we're going to start in the west where travelers at los angeles international airport are seeing an increased security presence today. it could be days before the airport returns to normal after friday's shooting that left a tsa officer dead and others wounded. nbc's miguel almaguer has been covering the story for us over the last day. good day to you, miguel, and what's the latest? >> reporter: good afternoon. we know that terminal three where the investigation is taking place where the shooting happens remains shut down to the public. they are allowing some passengers who were inside that terminal during the shooting to come back this afternoon to retrieve some
now the ceo of the first private insurance exchange is offering to help. we'll talk to him ahead. >>> a community calls for justice in northern california after a 13-year-old carrying a toy gun is shot and killed by a police deputy. was his race a factor there? we'll talk to a civil rights leader who's joining the call. >>> and later, hip-hop, humor and public health. it's today's "big idea." >>> we're going to start in the west where travelers at los...
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this is something obama has run around and said these bad apple insurance companies. this is a good insurance company. they treated me very well with great service. they are required by federal law. if they sold me the plan exactly as i had before, they would be breaking federal law. this is a requirement of federal law. it wasn't their idea. >> to be clear, when the president and his many surrogates in the press and congress say these were bad insurance plans, they are saying this insurance plan didn't pay for other people's birth control or transplants. this is a health care plan you wanted. >> now we have these essential health benefits. maternity care. if you're a 60-year-old woman, post menopause, you still have to pay for maternity care. these plans are supposed to cover pediatric vision service. i don't have children. i'm supposed to pay for eyeglasses for children i don't have. this is why costs are shooting up. >> anybody paying any attention here realizes this is unsustainable. not just the website. we'll fix that at some point, but the system itself is doom
this is something obama has run around and said these bad apple insurance companies. this is a good insurance company. they treated me very well with great service. they are required by federal law. if they sold me the plan exactly as i had before, they would be breaking federal law. this is a requirement of federal law. it wasn't their idea. >> to be clear, when the president and his many surrogates in the press and congress say these were bad insurance plans, they are saying this...